Johnathan Corn has been charged in the crash that killed Lucy Lucero of La Luz in March

State police say a La Luz man was nearly twice the legal limit when he allegedly slammed into a vehicle, triggering an accident that killed a 58-year-old La Luz woman last week has been charged in connection with her death.

According to Otero County Magistrate Court records, Johnathan Corn, 33, is charged with one count of third-degree felony vehicular homicide.

Police allege Corn struck and killed Lucy Lucero on March 27.

Police allegedly detected the presence of alcohol on Corn and two of his passengers just after the crash, according to court records obtained by the Daily News.

Corn allegedly failed a field sobriety tests and later blew well over the limit twice on a breath alcohol tests administered by the Alamogordo Police Department, court records show.

According to a press release issued by the New Mexico State Police, Lucero died when a 2002 Chevrolet pickup truck struck her 2001 Pontiac minivan.

State police said Corn was driving eastbound on Alamo street in the Chevrolet when he rear-ended a 1987 GMC pick-up truck driven by a 53-year-old La Luz resident.

After the initial crash, the Chevrolet crossed into the westbound lane of Alamo Street and collided with Lucero's vehicle.

Lucero died at the scene of the three-vehicle crash. An Alamogordo man was also injured.

Speed was also considered a factor, according to records.

According to the release, this is the third fatality crash investigated by New Mexico State Police in the last six weeks.

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A Ruidoso man, Monty Chandler, 56, was killed Feb. 14 when his vehicle rolled over him as he attempted to secure a fence on State Road 48 in Lincoln County.

On March 14, Francisco Hernandez Silva, 54, of Rocky Ford, Colo. was killed when his vehicle rolled on U.S. Highway 54 South.

Corn was ordered held on a $15,000 no ten-percent bond but has since bonded out of the Otero County Detention Center, court records indicate.